Better late then never!!

Tuesday December 8Th was M'Tali 11Th birthday. It's so hard to believe it's been 11 years since she was born. We are so thankful to have her in our lives. She is such an amazing daughter, she is always willing to help out, she has a wonderful spirit, and is such a caring and loving person. She loves to skateboard, play Basketball, Softball and any other sport. She loves the Utah Jazz and always loved to go to grandma and grandpa Heaps' and watch the game with them. Thank you dad for keeping up with that tradition even though mom's not here to enjoy it with you two!! She loves Tony Hawk(professional skateboarder) and wants to be just like him someday!!Who would have thought that this tiny little girl in her cute Christmas dress who grow up to be such a tom boy!!! :0)

M'Tali loves the Utah Jazz and can tell you almost all the players so when I couldn't get a skateboarding cake the next best thing was the Utah Jazz colors with a basketball.

M'Tali-Dad and I are so proud of you, you are such an amazing and beautiful girl. Always remember the special relationship that you and grandma had it can NEVER be replaced. She loved you more then anything and was so proud that you were her first grandchild. You two had a special bond that was unbreakable. You were her right hand "girl". Always remember the love she had for you. We love you with all our hearts and are so honored to have you as our daughter. Thank you for spending the day with me, I enjoyed going to lunch with you, I always love our girl dates!!

We hope you had a wonderful birthday.

Happy Halloween!!

WE HOPE YOU ALL HAD A WONDERFUL HALLOWEEN, OURS WAS REALLY FUN AND THE KIDS GOT WAY TO MUCH CANDY!!
Logan was a cute mummy, we had planned for him to be a bumble bee, we had a costume from when Dakoda was a baby, but the the day before halloween Josh went to go get it out so I could wash it but he couldn't find it so I had to hurry and sew this together. It was alot more work then I thought but it turned out way cute.
Our cute kids....M'Tali and Dallin were skateboarders, Dakoda was a cowboy, and Logan our little mummy.

"Howdy partner"

Every Year for Halloween we make a stop at Josh's grandpas house for doughnuts and snacks, its such a fun tradition and the kids look forward to it. After we left there we headed down to my dad's for chili and pie, my dad made the most wonderful chili. Thanks dad for dinner!!! This time of year is my favorite time, I really love the holidays and the memories that we get to create for our kids!!

HAPPY 6TH BIRTHDAY DAKODA!!

Today was Dakoda's 6Th birthday. Dakoda is such a fun loving boy, he is easy going, quite, easy to get along with, and such a good little boy.
When koda got up this morning I wished him a Happy Birthday and gave him his kisses, then he told me that he's 6 now, but he's still going to be a talker till the day he dies, He is the biggest talker that I have ever seen in my life, that kid will go on and on and on, he asks questions after questions, and if you don't answer he asks till you answer him. Some of the questions he asks just amazes me he has a wonderful memory and imagination. He sometimes gives me a headache with his non stop talking. He loves to organize everything, he is always organizing his room, books, toys, shoes, my kitchen, the bathrooms, my cupboards, he will even sit in the cart when we go shopping and organize the groceries, and then organize them once we put them up on the belt, everything has to be organized for Dakoda.
Both me and Josh had the day off work and the kids were out of school, so for his birthday we went up to my mom's grave to put some decorations on there for Halloween/Fall, then we went to lunch to Brick Oven. My dad had the day off work so he came with us., Thanks dad for making Dakodas day so special.
I am so proud of Dakoda for all that he does, he is such a great help, and an amazing son I don't know what I would without him. We love you so much "Koda Bear" We hope you had a wonderful birthday.

Lightening Storm!!

We love the rain, lightening, and thunder.. I could just sit and watch the rain fall and listen the thunder, but today as Josh was home with the kids it came a little to close, he heard the thunder and said that he thought it hit in our back yard and when he went to look this is what he saw. This is at the condos just behind our house. Luckily it was only a tree that got burned after it was hit by lightening.

Fishing Trip!!

Saturday we took the kids and went fishing with my family, we went up to strawberry reservoir. We headed out at 5:30 in the morning. Strawberry was always mom's favorite place to go fishing so on the drive up there she was on everyone's mind and when we all got there there was a few tears. The day was really enjoyable, we love to spend time with the family whenever we can even though there was one special person that wasn't there with us, and then there were even more tears on the way home just knowing she wasn't able to celebrate our few catches with us.

Dakoda loved to play with the crawdads and even brought one home with him that he said is going to be his pet!!(We'll see how long it lives) M'Tali didn't want to hold the fish so this is the best picture we got of her!!

Dakoda's fish kept hitting him in the tummy so he had to hold it far away from him

Dallin is an expert fishermen and know how to hold his fish...lol that's what he said

The first catch of the day!!! Josh casted his pole out and within just a few minutes he had this fish!! We thought that this was going to be a good sign of the fishing!!

All 8 of the fish that were caught were all caught on Josh's fishing pole, we were all getting mad that he was the only one that was catching fish, but then I thought that the reason why this was happening was because grandma always loved to watch her grandchildren fish and to catch fish. They always took M'Tali fishing with them and it was so important to her to make sure that M'Tali got a fish even though this didn't always happen and so she knew that Josh being the person he is would allow the kids to reel his fish in, and this was the only way that the kids would get a fish....so every fish that was caught was reeled in by the kids, it didn't matter to them that they were caught on Josh's pole, to them it was THEIR fish. All the kids got to reel in a fish except for my niece Kaydee and Josh tried so hard to get her one, he even left his pole out there in the dark while we cleaned up hoping to get one for her but was unable to. I know that she enjoyed every minute of that.

Time Sure Does Fly By!!

It's so hard to believe that Logan is now 3 months old, It has been a very long and hard 3 months, and he has changed so much.



Logan Loves to talk and coo and I love to just sit and listen to him try and make noises.
He is such a happy baby with all that he has been through

He loves to eat his hands and is always trying to get both of them in his mouth, his fingers are so long and skinny that he is always choking himself on them.

Logan has been though alot the past 3 months and they still haven't found out anything, he has been tested for Pyloric Stenosis, Cystic Fibrosis, and all the childhood diseases that they can think of that would prevent him from growing, but so far everything has come back negative, other then the severe acid reflux which I am so thankful for but it's so hard not having answers. He is seen by his own home health nurse 2-3 times a week and sees his pediatrician every week. We were hoping that by the time he was 3 months that he would be up to his birth weight but that didn't happen so I guess our goal is that he will be there by 4 months.

We are so thankful for all the prayers that have been offered on Logan's behave and we hope that he will continue to grow, and get stronger everyday. He is such a happy baby. We love him so much and are so thankful for the few weeks he had to spend with grandma here on earth.

Logan's Stats are:

8lbs 7oz (0.09%tile)

23 inches long (13.78%tile)

14.5 inch head circumference(10.2%tile)

Weekend At The Cabin!!

This last weekend we took a break from everything and headed up to the cabin, it was so fun and relaxing. M'Tali stayed home and spent some time with Grandpa which she does quit often and really enjoys

My 3 cute boys enjoying the great outdoors.

Dallin and Dakoda playing outside!!
Dallin loves to ride the four wheeler and was always begging us to go on ANOTHER ride:)

Daddy and Dakoda coming back from a ride...Dakoda jumped off the four wheeler and said "We saw 10 deer" They love to go look for deer.

1st Day of School

The kids went back to school today and it was so nice that Logan was able to take a nap and not have them bug him, but it was also sad that summer is over and we have to get back to a routine again, and that I have to go back to work soon. We are planning one last camping trip this weekend to finish up the summer at Yuba, I'm kinda excited to take one last camping trip as a family but Yuba is where we were when my mom past away, it's our favorite spot to camp, but it will be hard to go back.

They are so happy to go to school, they even got up early!! They kept asking "Is it time to go yet, now is it time to go??" Can we go now??

M'Tali is in the 5th grade, I can't believe how fast she is turning into such a young lady, she is such a big help to me and loves to be a mini mom.

Her favorite part of today was of course recess...but then she said that's ALL we did!!
Dallin is in the 3rd grade and is so excited to see all of his friends, he gets along so well with everyone...

His favorite part was taking a test....I promise that's what he said!!! LOL

Dakoda is in kindergarten and will be attending all day, It's hard to believe that he will be at school all day long.... I don't know what I will do without him here, he's been home with me in the afternoons for almost 6 years.

His favorite part of today was eating lunch at school, and the magic trick that his teacher did.

HAPPY 9TH BIRTHDAY TO OUR OLDEST SON!!

Dallin at one year old Dallin at 9 Years old

Dallin's birthday was Thursday August 13th, we had a really fun day, we went to see Monsters vs Aliens, Then we went to back to school night so the kids could meet their teachers, then we took them to dinner at Brick Oven. Dallin me and dad want you to know how proud we are of you, and for your hard work, we want you to know how much your Great Grandpa Dallin Ray Bell is proud of you for carrying on his name he loves you so much, We want you to know how much your grandma Heaps loved you, she was so proud to have a grandson named after her dad, she was so proud of you being the oldest grandson, Know that she is always with you, we love you so much and can't wait to see what life brings you. Always try your hardest and you will do great things. Love Mom and Dad

RECAP OF A VERY BUSY WEEK!!!

SUNDAY: We had Logans blessing, it was a really good turn out and it was so nice to see some of my family and friends that I haven't seen in awhile. His full name is Logan Ray Young, we chose the name Logan because we wanted his name to have meaning, Dallin was named after my grandpa Dallin Ray Bell, Who was the best Grandpa to me, so I wanted his name to have some kind of connection to him. Grandpa grew up in Logan Utah so I figured that the name Logan would be a wonderful way of continuing his legacy and of course his middle name was Ray.
Dad, I just want to thank you for the wonderful blessing that you gave Logan, and for the spirit that you provided all of us, I know how hard it was for you, being the first baby blessing that you've had to do since mom past away, there aren't any words I can say to show how much I appreciate you being able and willing to provide him with such a spiritual blessing. I love you so much.

MONDAY: We took the kids to Deer Creek to play in the water, some of Josh's Family came up with us, it was alot of fun and the kids really enjoyed it.

M'Tali relaxing on the blow up Island

Dakoda and Boomer swimming in the water....He loves dogs and would not leave this dog alone

M'Tali, Jorden and Kade get along so well they are inseparable, they love to spend time with each other.

"See mom we really can get along" These two boys love to fight with each other, but can also get along so well when they try!!

WEDNESDAY: For Dallin's pack meeting they had these box car races...it's basically a box made into a car and they race around the room...it was really cute and fun he really enjoyed it.

And also on Wednesday we got a new baby Niece. Avery was 6 LBS 11 OZ and 18 inches long...she is the cutest little girl ever...they almost looks the same size. Logan better start growing or his little girl cousin will "beat him down" in the words of Dakoda. Congrats A.J. and Missy she is so beautiful.

THURSDAY: Logan was admitted back in the hospital, this time we were sent up to Primary Children's Medical Center, he still wasn't gaining weight at 2 months of age he was only weighing 7LBS 14 OZ, (he weighed 9 lbs at birth), and was throwing up everything he was eating, so they sent him up there to be seen by a Gastroenterologist pediatric specialist. They ran a bunch of tests, including an upper GI, some blood work, and an EKG. They found out that the opening at the bottom of his esophagus and the opening at the bottom of his stomach don't open and close when they are supposed to which was causing all his formula to come back up, plus he has severe acid reflux which we were already aware of..The EKG found that the right ventricle of his heart will slow down and drop his heart rate really low...it's called RVH, He doesn't need surgery and it should heal on his own, we just have to make sure he doesn't get to cold or do to much physically which can cause his heart rate to drop. His Liver enzymes came back elevated, they will do an ultrasound on his liver later after his weight comes backup a little. As for the throwing up we have to thicken his formula with rice cereal so that it doesn't come back up. I am so thankful that they finally found out what was wrong and for all the prayers that were offered for Baby Logan. Thank You Dad for the wonderful blessing that you gave Logan before we went up to the hospital. We really hate hospitals!!

SATURDAY: We finally get to go home!! Yay